A cutting support for a cutting machine suitable for supporting a strip to be cut. The cutting support includes: a frame with L-shaped cross-section, having a horizontal element and a vertical element, retaining elements suitable for retaining the strip toward the vertical element of the frame, and a stop panel having an inner surface facing the vertical element of the frame and an outer surface facing a lateral side of the strip. The retaining elements include at least one suction cup displaced on the outer surface of the stop panel and a pneumatic connection connected to the at least one suction cup and suitable for being connected to a suction device.

A dual platform bed system has an associated machine for transferring material sheets from one platform bed to another. There are associated methods for both transferring and processing sheets on either or both platforms. Placing the platform beds adjacent one another reduces both human worker requirement and human and machine down time.

A novel cutting method and apparatus includes a cutting blade adapted to consistently and easily form a desirable kerf in a concrete substrate while capturing substantially all resulting concrete dust.

Working unit (1) for realizing holes (H) in a slab material (L) and for machining the inner side of the holes (H) thus formed, comprising a work table (2), at least one tool (4, 6) mounted on a motorized spindle, fixed means (8) for supporting the slab (L) and at least one support device (10) comprising a hollow element (11) intended to engage with a slab portion (P). The support device (10) comprises a top portion (12) movable at least between a raised position in which the slab portion (P) is coplanar with the slab (L) and a lowered position in which the slab portion (P) is lowered with respect to the slab (L) and therefore the hole (H) is free of the slab portion (P). The support device (10) comprises means (14) for locking the movable top portion (12) at least in the lowered position.

A manufacturing method for a glass film includes at least a cutting step of cutting a strip-shaped glass film while conveying the glass film in a predetermined direction by a conveying device. In the cutting step, the glass film is cut in predetermined cutting zones by irradiating the glass film with laser beams. A support conveyance surface of the conveying device for the glass film is separated at the cutting zones for the glass film. Further, a first surface plate capable of supporting the glass film in a contact manner is disposed at a position that is located in a width direction of the glass film with respect to the cutting zones and corresponds to a center of a glass film obtained by the cutting in the width direction.

A novel cutting method and apparatus includes a cutting blade adapted to consistently and easily form a desirable kerf in a concrete substrate while capturing substantially all resulting concrete dust.

Provided is a glass film manufacturing method in which manufacture-related processing is performed on a glass film while the glass film (G) is conveyed, the glass film manufacturing method comprising the step of conveying the glass film (G) on a suction roller (46), wherein the suction roller (46a) is configured to suck only a center portion of the glass film in a width direction of the glass film (G).

A novel cutting method and apparatus includes a cutting blade adapted to consistently and easily form a desirable kerf in a concrete substrate while capturing substantially all resulting concrete dust.

After a glass sheet (G) having a scribe line (S) formed thereon is placed on a placement table (10) and positioned so that the scribe line (S) is positioned in a bending stress applying portion (15) of the placement table (10), when the glass sheet (G) is split along the scribe line (S) by applying a bending stress to a formation region of the scribe line (S) by the bending stress applying portion (15), the glass sheet (G) is positioned by laying a resin sheet (9) under the glass sheet (G) on the placement table (10) and aligning one side (G1) of the glass sheet (G) extending in a direction along the scribe line (S) with marks (Ma to Nd) projected onto a protruding portion (9a) of the resin sheet (9) by laser markers (16a to 16d).

A head for a bridge processing machine includes a support having a frame loosely connected to a bridge and a shaft extending along a rotation axis and rotatable relative to the frame around the axis, a tool holder assembly supporting a tool to allow processing of an object by the tool and including first constraint means to integrally constrain the tool holder assembly and the shaft, gripping means including a base portion, a gripping device movable relative to the base portion, to define an operating position wherein it engages an object, and an inoperative position, and second constraint means to constrain idly the base portion and the shaft, wherein the gripping means and the tool holder assembly include interface means for blocking reciprocal rotation between the tool holder assembly and the base portion so that the tool holder assembly may drag the gripping means when rotated around the rotation axis.